Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's what you might call Limnititzker royalty , being the daughter of that great overblown patriarch , who is probably even now receiving homage from his own throng of mystical groupies on the other side of the sex-wall . ’ |
| 2 | and then find what it 's what we can do to stop it triggering and carrying that reaction on and on and on and on or turning it back . |
| 3 | erm I think in terms of techniques is is is a level of awareness really , to be able to respond to children erm with their curiosity and with their erm expressions of anxiety erm in a way that makes it all right for them to be feeling the way they are , and I do n't think it 's simple as just saying a technique , I think it 's what we can offer as adults comes from an inner awareness that we have as adults , that we can convey to our children , because it 's not just the techniques , or the behaviour , or the words that we use , but it 's those feelings behind the words . |
| 4 | It 's what we used to do if we took them off a line and got them cleaning up , it 's a token tow pound ten a day . |
| 5 | After much consideration their contribution to Pot of Gold will go out … their manager says it 's what they would have wanted … |
| 6 | It 's what they 'd expect . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah but it 's not the size it 's what they can do with it in n it ? |
| 8 | ‘ I did what I could ; it 's what anyone would have done . ’ |
| 9 | Well , it 's what you might call clerkin' work , writin' letters for business firms at 'ome , which do n't come too welcome to an active man like 'im , so 'e likes to get out as much as 'e can to give 'is gammy leg a walk . |
| 10 | He says now he 's got the — ca n't remember the word , begins with a P , it 's what you might call the stake money — the people he works for in the Agatean Empire will pay up . |
| 11 | And like , you always think to yourself like you always think to yourself , yeah , you know I would tell someone and if it 's what you would |
| 12 | New light on an Old Master is illuminated indeed , and it 's what you will find at Canada House Gallery where for the first time , an almost forgotten body of work by Henri Matisse , relating to his fascination with the Canadian Inuit , has been mounted together with much original source material in the way of Inuit masks , photographs and books which the artist studied . |
| 13 | It 's what you should do . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Unless it 's what you 'd like , for me to meet her . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's what you 'd find in the back of any van out in the country , as you said . ’ |
| 16 | It 's what you 'd expect . |
| 17 | Or perhaps … perhaps it 's what I might have to say that you 're frightened of ? |
| 18 | ‘ The designs come from the same drawing pads as the haute couture I create — it 's what I would call ‘ my handwriting ’ , ’ he explains , ‘ but with clever fabric buying , we are keeping the prices down . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's what I would call an ecological holocaust , ’ said the leader of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's not an unusual reaction ; in fact it 's what I would expect . |
| 21 | It 's the logical thing to do , now ; it 's what I ought to do . |
| 22 | Violence is what I know ; it 's what I can do . |
| 23 | By taking elements from the two and learning how to play them live together , it 's what I 'd call a real fusion . ’ |
| 24 | It 's what I 'd pay anyone . |
| 25 | I think they must have had a bleeper on my car ; I never checked , and they 'd have taken it away when they caught up — damn it , it 's what I 'd have done : a simple radio bleeper with a magnet , you can stick it on in two seconds . |
| 26 | But it 's what I 'd expect . |
| 27 | It 's as if it 's what I should have worn all along . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's what I should have told her last night , when she sent me after you . ’ |
| 29 | It 's what she should do . ’ |
| 30 | Roger White , senior tax partner at KPMG , says that it 's what he would do if he were Chancellor . |